1 JANUARY 1954, page 24

Sta,---mr. Thomson Should Verify His Facts Before Making...

about English law. A verdict of Not Guilty in English law is an acquittal in fact and in law, for a jury can, and sometimes does, decline to accept a judge's ruling on the law,......

The American .way Sir,--persons Have Been Known To...

Senator McCarthy was not, himself, quite a 100 per cent. American. His letter published in the Spectator of December 25th bears out this suspicion. For he dates it 27/12/53......

Sir, - - -i Do Not Comprehend Properly The Political...

sociological impli- cations of the so-called Scottish Conspiracy, but 1 would like to answer Mr. Eric Orr's somewhat mischievous letter by suggesting to him that Home Rule would......

Suc—could Some Clever Person Explain To Me Two Points In

this Housing Repairs and Rents Bill ? (1) Why is a Local Authority allowed to increase the rents of its houses, while a private owner is refused this permission ? (2) Why is the......

December 31st, 1853

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' Scottish Conspiracy

Milken', Park House, Dalkeith, Midlothian......

Spectator

The Spectator offers three prizes, each of books to the value of eight guineas, for articles to be written by boys and girls in schools in the United Kingdom. Entries should be......